Emma Tarver Doula

With a healing touch and a warm presence, Emma is a full spectrum
pregnancy doula based in New York City. DONA trained, She provides care
to clients in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens. Having spent
several months training with indigenous midwives in rural Guatemala,
Emma has had the opportunity to fuse her knowledge of caring for
laboring women and studied Mayan methods of relaxation and pain
management. Emma works as a midwife’s assistant at a home birth practice
in Brooklyn, and has experience working at the Brooklyn Birthing
Center, where she had the unique opportunity to assist with deliveries
and work with a diverse clientele. She is also a volunteer with the
Doula Project, giving support to people having abortion procedures as
well as low-income women giving birth.

Emma’s interest in reproductive care was a natural step after years
of organizing for reproductive justice, women’s empowerment, and LGBTQ
rights. Emma is pro-choice in regards to all aspects of a person’s
reproductive life; as a labor doula she seeks to help clients clarify
their needs and preferences for the birth, and to provide non-judgmental
support throughout. Emma understands that every birth is different, and
relies on her intuition, creativity, and strong communication skills to
adapt to every person’s individual needs.

At the center of her practice is a desire to guide people in feeling
grounded and centered in their own bodies, and to make empowered choices
about their own reproductive health care. Emma envisions a world where
everyone is free to choose and express their gender, sexuality, and
reproductive choices without having to fear pressure or judgement. She
tries to bring this vision to life in her daily practice of providing
full spectrum doula care.